Mountain Views News          Saturday, May 14, 2011

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

 Mountain Views News Saturday, May 14, 2011 

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

LA SALLE STUDENTS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS GOLD KEY ART AWARDS 


Pasadena, CA – La Salle High School students, 
Alec Shumate, Andrew Linaac, and 
Stephanie Delazeri are among the 94 students 
from Los Angeles County to receive 
the regional Gold Key Award in Scholastic’s 
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers competition, 
the most prestigious recognition and 
scholarship program for teenage artists and 
writers in the United States.

Out of the 185,000 works submitted to 
the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers 
for review by professionals in the visual and 
literary arts, the work of La Salle’s students 
ranked among the 12,000 works to be honored 
with a Regional Gold Key award. The 
region includes students from Alaska, Arizona, 
California, Colorado, Hawai’i, Idaho, 
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, 
Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

Senior Alec Shumate won a Gold Key for 
his digital art work, a computerized drawing 
of a circa-1950s soldier smoking a cigarette. 
The piece utilized both drawing and digitalization. 
The 17-year-old also won a Silver Key 
award and three honorable mention awards 
for his other digital art submissions. 

Junior Andrew Linaac received a Gold Key 
for his drawing of “Suicide Bridge,” which 
is the Colorado Boulevard Bridge over the 
Arroyo Seco. Linaac, 16, said he drew the 
bridge based on a photograph taken by fellow-
classmate Hannah Volckmann. He also 
viewed the bridge and looked deeply into its 
history, as the “jumping off” point for those 
who lost everything in the Great Depression.

Sophomore Stephanie Delazeri received a 
Gold Key award for her short, hand-drawn 
animation film about different birds arriving 
at a bird convention, where a worm 
mistakenly arrives and gets eaten. “It was 
my first film so it was pretty simple,” she 
said. “I was very surprised by winning this 
award. It has given me an even greater motivation 
to continue drawing and animating, 
which are my passions in life.” 

Four other La Salle students – Leanne 
Bishara, Aurora Doreza, Cheyenne Gallegos 
and Carolyn Hauk – also received 
Silver Key awards for their submissions. 
“Leanne’s award was particularly special 
since it was for a complete photography 
portfolio which is a very competitive and 
difficult category,” said Ellen Slatkin, La 
Salle’s art and photography teacher.

Photos by John Blackstock

Alverno High School

200 N. Michillinda Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-3463 Head of School: Ann M. Gillick 

E-mail address: agillick@alverno-hs.org

Arcadia High School

180 Campus Drive Arcadia, CA 91007

Phone: (626) 821-8370, Principal: David L. Vannasdall

Arroyo Pacific Academy

41 W. Santa Clara St. Arcadia, Ca, 

(626) 294-0661 Principal: Phil Clarke

E-mail address: pclarke@arroyopacific.org

Barnhart School

240 W. Colorado Blvd Arcadia, Ca. 91007

(626) 446-5588 Head of School: Joanne Testa Cross

Kindergarten - 8th grade

website: www.barnhartschool.com 

Bethany Christian School

93 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-3527 Principal: James Lugenbuehl

E-mail address: jml@bcslions.org

Carden of the Foothills School

429 Wildrose Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016 626/358-9414 
626/358-5164 fax office@cardenofthefoothills.com

The Gooden School

192 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-2410 Head of School: Patty Patano

website: www.goodenschool.org

High Point Academy

1720 Kinneloa Canyon Road

Pasadena, Ca. 91107 626-798-8989

website: www.highpointacademy.org

LaSalle High School

3880 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. 

(626) 351-8951 

website: www.lasallehs.org

Monrovia High School

325 East Huntington Drive, Monrovia, CA 91016 

(626) 471-2000, 

Email: schools@monrovia.k12.ca.us

Norma Coombs Alternative School

2600 Paloma St. Pasadena, Ca. 91107

(626) 798-0759 Principal: Dr. Vanessa Watkins 

E-mail address: watkins12@pusd.us

Odyssey Charter School

725 W. Altadena Dr. Altadena, Ca. 91001

(626) 229-0993 Head of School: Lauren O’Neill

website: www.odysseycharterschool.org

Pasadena High School

2925 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. 

(626) 798-8901 Principal: Dr. Derick Evans

website: www.pasadenahigh.org

Pasadena Unified School District

351 S. Hudson Ave. Pasadena, Ca. 91109

(626) 795-6981 website: www.pusd@pusd.us

St. Rita Catholic School

322 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-9028 website: www.st-rita.org

Sierra Madre Elementary School

141 W. Highland Ave, Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-1428 Principal: Gayle Bluemel

E-mail address:gbluemel220@pusd.us

Sierra Madre Middle School 

160 N. Canon Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 836-2947 Principal: Gayle Bluemel

Contact person: Garrett Newsom, Asst. Principal

E-mail address: gbluemel220@pusd.us

Walden School

74 S San Gabriel Blvd

Pasadena, CA 91107 (626) 792-6166 

www.waldenschool.net

Weizmann Day School

1434 N. Altadena Dr. Pasadena, Ca. 91107

(626) 797-0204

Lisa Feldman: Head of School

Wilson Middle School

300 S. Madre St. Pasadena, Ca. 91107

(626) 449-7390 Principal: Ruth Esseln

E-mail address: resseln@pusd.us

Pasadena Unified School District

351 S. Hudson Ave., Pasadena, Ca. 91109

(626) 795-6981 Website: www.pusd@pusd.us


Clockwise: Alec Shumate, Andrew 

Linaac and Stephanie Delazeri

SIERRA MADRE , HAMILTON, ROOSEVELT, WEBSTER, 
NAMED HONOR ROLL SCHOOLS BY CALIFORNIA 
BUSINESS FOR EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

PASADENA 
EDUCATIONAL 
FOUNDATION 8TH 
ANNUAL K-8 SUMMER 
ENRICHMENT 
PROGRAM

 

WHEN: July 5 to Aug. 4, 
2011, Monday through 
Thursday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. 
(8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at 
Wilson Middle School)

 

WHERE: Franklin 
Elementary (K-5) 527 
W. Ventura St., Altadena; 
Norma Coombs 
Elementary (K-5) 2600 
Paloma St., Pasadena; 
Willard Elementary (K-5) 
301 S. Madre St., Pasadena; 
Wilson Middle School (5-
8) 300 Madre St., Pasadena.

 

HOW: Mix of academic 
subjects with hands-on 
exploration helps students 
to prepare for the upcoming 
school year through 
unique and fun learning 
experiences. Students in 
grades 2-8 attend three 
classes each morning; 
kindergarten and 1st grade 
students remain in one self-
contained class. Classes 
include Band; Chess; 
Ceramics; Cooking; Pre-
Algebra; Robotics; Writing; 
Spanish, Engineering, and 
many more.

 

TUITION: PUSD Students: 
$375 first enrollment; $350 
per each sibling. Non-
PUSD Students: $450 
first enrollment; $425 per 
sibling

Business Community Recognizes 
Outstanding Public 
Schools 

 Pasadena Unified School District’s 
(PUSD) announced today 
that four schools were named 
2011 Honor Roll Schools by 
California Business for Education 
Excellence, a statewide 
association of businesses advocating 
for public school improvement. 
Hamilton Elementary, 
Roosevelt Elementary, 
Webster Elementary and Sierra 
Madre Elementary School were 
recognized for superior academic 
achievement and closing 
achievement gaps.

 “I congratulate our schools’ 
academic achievements in preparing 
all students for success, 
and the business community’s 
recognition of our schools,” said 
Superintendent Edwin Diaz. 
“This is a well-deserved honor 
for the principals, teachers, 
students and families. It brings 
recognition from the business 
community about the importance 
of building sustainable 
partnerships with our schools.” 

 The 2010 Honor Roll includes 
1,221 California public elementary, 
middle and high schools 
that have been recognized by 
California’s business community 
for having demonstrated consistent 
high student academic 
achievement and making significant 
progress toward closing 
achievement gaps among all 
their students. 

 The annual award is supported 
by businesses and organizations 
including State Farm, Macy’s, 
Edison International, Wells Fargo, 
Southern California Auto 
Club, the California Business 
Roundtable, and United Way of 
the Bay Area. 

 Hamilton, Roosevelt and Webster 
received the Star Schools 
Award, distinguishing schools 
with significant populations of 
socioeconomically disadvantaged 
students that have shown 
a substantial increase in grade-
level proficiency and achievement 
gap reduction over four 
years. Sierra Madre School 
received the Scholar Schools 
Award, which recognizes high-
achieving schools that do not 
have a significant socioeconomically 
disadvantaged student 
population.

 “These schools are the bright 
spots of excellence in efforts to 
raise student academic achievement 
and close persistent 
achievement gaps,” said Kirk 
Clark, president of CBEE. “By 
highlighting them, recognizing 
their achievement and giving 
them a voice we hope other 
schools can learn from these 
proven practices and we can begin 
to duplicate their success to 
scale throughout the state.” 

 The Honor Roll recognition program 
uses individual school and student subgroup 
performance data based on the 
California Standards Tests and the California 
High School Exit Exam, to evaluate 
school academic performance.


PEF’S 2010 HIGH 
SCHOOL SUMMER 
ENRICHMENT 
PROGRAM

 

WHEN: July 5 through 
Aug. 5, Monday through 
Friday, 7:50 a.m. to 1:05 
p.m.

 

WHERE: Marshall 
Fundamental High 
School, 990 N. Allen Ave., 
Pasadena 91104.

 

WHAT: Classes include 
Computer Programming; 
Preparing for the SAT; 
Driver’s Education; 
AP Algebra Prep; Pre-
Calculus; Geometry; 
AP European History; 
Masterful Writing; Spanish 
2; Art, Cartooning 
and Graphic Novels; 
Photography.

 

TUITION: PUSD Students: 
$150 - $300 (depending 
on units) Non-PUSD 
Students: $175 - $350

 

REGISTRATION: For 
a brochure and more 
information call PEF at 
626-396-3600, ext. 88350. 
Register online at www.
pasedfoundation.org/
summer/high-school

Looking Into The Life Of A Teenager

 By Meaghan Allen

GOLDEN

This past Tuesday I finally got the golden ticket - the key that 
opens the door to freedom and endless possibilities; my license. 
For months I have been waiting to take my driving exam, just 
waiting to see if I would pass or fail and see how much longer 
I would be constricted by needing someone to pick me up or 
drop me off. But not anymore – I have freedom at my fingertips. 
Now, I am in control or, at least when I get my car, I will be. But 
the sense of no bounds I get from knowing that I am a certified 
driver is energizing. Of course the euphoria will fade in time as 
driving becomes a mundane activity, but for now it’s my greatest 
accomplishment. And it certainly helps that I got my license on 
possibly one of my best weeks ever.

 On Monday, the day before I got my license, I hit my first ever 
high school homerun. A shot right through left-center field. 
When I stepped on home plate, I felt a sense of excitement 
and anticipation as I realized that this week could be amazing 
– which it was. Monday I hit my homerun; Tuesday I got my license; 
Wednesday I took my last AP exam and felt great; Thursday 
my mom, who I haven’t seen for over four months, came 
into town for the weekend, taking me out of school on Friday. 
Every single day this past week has been filled with some sort of 
good. I feel as though I have the Midas touch! Despite the fact 
that all good things must come to an end, it is nice to know that 
I have my homerun on tape, my permanent license, hopefully a 
good exam score, and memories to last a lifetime. In the words 
of Kevin Murhpy from Men Behaving Badly, “I can’t lose!”